Governors Fitness Challenge Rancho

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Bret Dupuis – [email protected] and David Hinds –[email protected]@gmail.com ----- Facebook – Raccoon Runners

Governors Fitness Challenge

2009 California Governor’s Challenge State Champion

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Rancho Objective – Pay it Forward

Rancho would like to assist other schools with the Governor’s Challenge, similar to how we assisted with our running program– Note: Running Program Instructions are online and can be found

here –

• http://www.slideshare.net/guestc5db00/rancho-running-program-2009

Our goal is for every school in Livermore to compete in the Governor’s Challenge this year, with 75% or higher completion percentage– Rancho has achieved 100% the last 3 years

All of the instructions are online at:– http://www.calgovcouncil.org/challenge/

– However, this presentation should help you get started in a timely and efficient manner

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Rancho Las Positas - Governor’s Challenge Overview Governor’s Challenge – Rancho Las Positas

–2007 Bay Area Finalist – Top 50 School–2008 Bay Area Regional Champion

–2009 California State Champion!!!•http://www.calgovcouncil.org/spotlight/schools/112/•http://www.contracostatimes.com/education/ci_13360513?nclick_check=1

Running Program was started in November 2006–Rancho students ran over 120,000 miles in just under 3 years–This is the equivalent of almost 5 times around the circumference of the earth–This is 480,000 laps around our quarter mile “dirt” track–Rancho has 100% participation rate - Every student ran 10 miles and the highest was 454 miles–Last year over 150 students ran at least 100 miles!–80 miles per student (average)–Rancho averages 40,000+ miles per year–Rancho Academic Scores have increased 8% since running program inception–Livermore 5th grade aerobic threshold has improved 8% since running program inception in 10 schools–Livermore students ran 150,000 miles in 2008-2009 school year and is projected to go over 200,000 miles in 2009-2010–http://www.slideshare.net/guestc5db00/rancho-running-program-2009

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Getting StartedStep 1 – Identify a Coordinator1. Identify a School Coordinator

This person is the Single Point of Contact for the school

2. Log on to Governors Challenge Website -http://www.calgovcouncil.org/challenge/

3. Submit yourself as School Coordinator This will need to be approved by your principal

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Step 2 – Review Coordinator Page

Once coordinator is approved you will have access to this page

This is where all the coordinator tools can be found

From here, follow the instructions provided to Coordinate the Challenge

There is a lot of information to help you with the challenge

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Step 3 – Upload Student Information

Student Setup

You will need to work with your school administration to get student information in MS excel

–The information you will need is last name, first name and grade

There is an excel template you can download, enter your information and then upload to the GFC website

Note: I personally do this for the entire school. However, you can delegate the upload process and results management to each class. I find it easier to manage by myself

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Step 4 and 5 – Identify Challenge Timeframe and Promote ChallengeChallenge Timeframe Each year, we have chosen a designated 30 day period to have students perform

the fitness challenge. We usually do this in the spring. We promote the challenge via the following channels:

Promote Challenge Staff – e-mails to staff to have them send home challenge information to parents Staff- Promote the challenge with the students Principal Connect Ed – Telephone message to all parents Weekly newsletter – Raccoon Tracks to announce the challenge PTA Newsletter PTA E-mail Alias PTA Meetings Flyers on Campus Word of Mouth

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Step 6 – Start Challenge

Start the challenge

Once the rosters are uploaded you will need to start the challenge using the coordinator tools. Please note, do not start until you are ready

You can do the challenge as many times as you desire, but remember to have clear concise communications all the way through.

Remember to KEEP IT SIMPLE and HAVE FUN!

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Step 7 – Results Tracking

Results tracking

Rancho has done this two ways:–The first year, we created calendars and had the parents fill out the active days, sign, turn in and then we manually entered 523 kids. This was a hassle and not recommended

–Year 2 and 3 we relied on communication between the staff, students and parents. We went with an opt out strategy, where parents needed to tell us if the kids did not complete the challenge. We also supplemented our school exercise to ensure each child completed the challenge. This was much easier to manage, but again this is personal preference

At the end of the challenge you will need to follow up with any new kids and any kids that did not complete the challenge to ensure you get to 100%. This is the most painful part of the process, but certainly worth it when you are announced the California State Champion.

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Parent Participation

Parent Participation

Communicate to parents to sign up via the same channels used for kids. You can also go word of mouth. This is an area rancho can and will improve on this year. Remember to let then know that this is something they are doing with there kids and that they are a part of something special.

Make sure the parents do NOT sign their child up a second time. This also has created challenges for us in the past.

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Good Luck

We wish you the best of luck with the challenge

Rancho kids loved the challenge, as did the parents

It has been one of the most rewarding experiences that we have ever been a part of

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Contact Information

Please remember that it takes collaboration between a school staff, students and Parents to make a difference

Parents are largely an underutilized resource that can make a huge impact on the lives of children

Contact Information–Bret Dupuis – [email protected]

–David Hinds – [email protected]

–Facebook – Raccoon Runners - [email protected]

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